Adam Eaton is a Gold Glove finalist; how good is Adam Eaton?

Eaton is pretty good. He has plenty of recovery speed and basically no limitations in his willingness to dive, leap into walls, and crash into things, often to his own detriment. He can follow balls over his shoulder, but not to the point where he plays abnormally shallow to cut off bloopers. His jumps seem adequate and aided by good top speed. His throwing arm was praised coming over from Arizona, and while he is capable of strong throws from the outfield, he tends to need to get his full body behind it, leading to a fairly long load-up process.

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'Rookie of the Year' is a ridiculous farce of an award; Give it to Jose Abreu

Jose Abreu, a fully-formed Lord of Dingers who first set foot on our shores in 2013, began cutting a terrifying path of carnage and ruination across the American countryside some few months afterward. He greeted the people of this nation in a shiny suit, but now tours major cities offering only the blinding flash of unearthly home run power. He has recently undertaken a campaign of rifling singles to all fields, but it is a lark. He shall return to the kill, soon.

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